<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Introduction: Pacients with Down’s syndrome present an increase revalence of autoimune endocrine disorders. We communicate the case of 14 years and 6 months old pacient known with Down syndrome admitted in Endocrinology department with suspicion of hyperthyroidism, the diagnosis being confirmed by hormonal dosage. The particularity of the case consists in: symptomatology onset during puberty, clinical evolution with mild symptoms, without ocular involvement, morphological and functional remission obtained relatively soon after the initiation of antithyroid therapy, lack of posttherapy side effects, favorabile evolution under the “block and replace” therapy</p></abstract>

Introduction: Pacients with Down’s syndrome present an increase revalence of autoimune endocrine disorders. We communicate the case of 14 years and 6 months old pacient known with Down syndrome admitted in Endocrinology department with suspicion of hyperthyroidism, the diagnosis being confirmed by hormonal dosage. The particularity of the case consists in: symptomatology onset during puberty, clinical evolution with mild symptoms, without ocular involvement, morphological and functional remission obtained relatively soon after the initiation of antithyroid therapy, lack of posttherapy side effects, favorabile evolution under the “block and replace” therapy

Graves Disease And Down Sindrome : Clinical Case

Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, “Ovidius” University of Constanta

ARS Medica Tomitana

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Introduction: Pacients with Down’s syndrome present an increase revalence of autoimune endocrine disorders. We communicate the case of 14 years and 6 months...

Graves Disease And Down Sindrome : Clinical Case

Published Online: Aug 25, 2015

Page range: 163 - 168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2015-0040

Keywords
Down syndrome, Graves disease, puberty

© by Olesea Scrinic

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Graves Disease And Down Sindrome : Clinical Case

Published Online: Aug 25, 2015

Page range: 163 - 168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2015-0040

KeywordsDown syndrome, Graves disease, puberty

© by Olesea Scrinic

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Down syndrome, Graves disease, puberty